Portland Friends of the Dhamma

Sakula – Strengthening Integrity as a Way Out of Suffering, 04/02/2023, eps 175

Jessica Swanson – Prioritize Happiness, 03/26/2023, eps 174

Prioritize Happiness

Sakula – Training the Heart to Live in the Present, 03/19/2023, eps 173

Jessica Swanson – Making Friends with the Unexpected, 03/12/2023, eps 172

Sakula – Exchange Unwholesome Perceptions for Wholesome Ones & See what Happens, 03/05/2023, eps 171

Training the Heart to Live in the Present

Making Friends with the Unexpected

Exchange Unwholesome Perceptions for Wholesome Ones & See What Happens.

Abiding in the Brahma Viharas

Jessica Swanson – Patient Endurance vs Patiently Waiting, 02/12/2023, eps 169

Sakula – Understanding Suffering, 02/05/2023, eps 168

Jessica, Margaret, & Sakula – Ajahn Chah Commemoration Day, 01/15/2023, eps 167

Ayya Medhanandi – 6) Shave Your Heart, 12/31/22, eps 165

Ayya Medhanandi – 5) Courageous Friendship, 12/31/22, eps 164

Ayya Medhanandi – 4) Fertile Ground for Liberation, 12/31/22, eps 163

I will not be scared

Ayya Medhanandi – 2) A Friend That Will Never Fail Us, 12/31/22, eps 161

Ayya Medhanandi – 1) Two Kinds of Friendship, 12/31/22, eps 160

Jessica Swanson, This is What Should Be Done, 11/27/22, eps 159

Sakula – Letting Go of the Fight, 11/20/22, eps 158

Sakula and Jessica share their appreciation for their guiding teacher, Luang Por Pasanno.

6) "Shave Your Heart."

5) "Courageous Friendship"

4)" Fertile Ground for Liberation"

3) Befriending the Breath

2) "A Friend that will never Fail Us."

This is the first of six talks hosted by Portland Friends of the Dhamma that Ayy gave via zoom from her monastery in Ontario, Canada. This first talk is titled "Two Kinds of Friendship."

Jessica shares how she practices with Metta Sutta's words "This is what should be done, by one who is skilled in goodness.'

Sakula talks about cultivating the skill of letting go by directing our attention to thoughts that result in peace and goodwill, as a means to letting go of thoughts that result in anxiety and ill will.

Jessica Swanson – Cultivating Metta, 11/13/22, eps 157

Sakula – Leaning into the Stream of Dhamma, 11/0622, eps 156

Jessica Swanson – Training in Tradition and Convention, 10/30/23 , eps 155

Willingness to Train

Encouragement and benefits when resolved to a commitment to the Buddha's training.

Setting down our resistance and relaxing into the reality of our conditions.

Reflections on cultivating metta and the unexpected changes that naturally happen.

The Eight Noble Beings begins with one wholeheartedly committed to the practice of the Eightfold Path.

Reflections on honoring tradition while working with conventions.

Ajahn Thanissaro offers a day of meditation and study of the Four Noble Truths.

Ajahn Thanissaro (Geoff) – Developing Dispassion for the Causes of Suffering, 09/25/22, eps 153

Ajahn Thanissaro (Geoff) – Guided Meditation on a Full Stomach, 09/25/22, eps 152

Ajahn Thanissaro (Geoff) – The Four Noble Truths Revisited, 09/25/22, eps 151

Ajahn Thanissaro (Geoff) – Guided Breath Meditation, 09/29/22, eps 150

Sakula – A Change in Perspective, 10/23/22, eps 149

Jessica – Learning from Our Mistakes, 10/16/22, eps 148

Jessica Swanson – Tools for Meditation, 10/02/22, eps 147